The American India Foundation, dedicated to catalysing social and economic change in India, launched its eleventh chapter in the historic city of Philadelphia. The foundation is one of the largest development organisations in the US dedicated to helping poor and marginalised people in Indi...
The Sikh Human Development Foundation, a Washington-based philanthropic organisation has raised over $210,000 for its scholarship programme for underprivileged children in Punjab who wish to pursue higher education....
A Toronto-based firm that hires civic leaders to tackle issues in the Greater Toronto and Hamilton Area has selected four Indian-origin people among 27 fellows for its 2015-16 DiverseCity programme....
An Indian-origin IT professional has been appointed as the chief information officer and senior vice president-operational support at USA Funds, a nonprofit corporation that offers aid to college students....
In a major departure from the past, the government on Tuesday announced a "paradigm shift" in the format of the annual Pravasi Bharatiya Divas (PBD), its engagement with the diaspora, with the mega jamboree to be held every alternate year and an event "focused on outcomes" to be held every other year....
As South Carolina Tuesday began a slow recovery from what its Indian-American governor Nikki Haley called a "1,000-year level of rain" President Barack Obama signed a disaster declaration ordering federal aid to help recovery efforts. ...
India's Finance Minister Arun Jaitley blamed the mindset of 1971 that believed in slogans and redistribution rather than growth and higher productivity for the lost opportunities of the last decade and said India is trying to make up for it now as decision-makers are under people's pressure to ensure the country reaches its full pote...
In recognition of Chandrika and Ranjan Tandon's generosity and their belief in the school's mission and promise, the school will be renamed the NYU Tandon School of Engineering....
Apparently, after the exodus of hundreds of thousands of Hindus, the militants aimed at moderate Muslims. As they engaged in looting and rape, they lost all local support. ...
'She will not resist if I met her and talked to her. I can persuade her.' He was sure of it. ...
